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VA suicide prevention efforts need more focus on gun safety training
The VA Inspector General found problems with gun safety training completion and follow-through.
New rounds, new small arms make special operators’ firepower wish list
The weapon will fire a round now used in Marine sniper rifles.
By Todd South
New reforms target US military’s missing weapons problem
The Department of Defense is overhauling how it keeps track of its guns and explosives.
New cannons, missiles bring biggest change to artillery in 40 years
Artillery is at the center of Army's future fighting plan.
By Todd South
Military units track guns using tech that could aid foes
RFID, as the technology is known, is infused throughout daily civilian life.
New details on Fort Jackson trainee’s bus hijacking and how basic has changed there
Army Times sat down with senior personnel at Fort Jackson and talked about what the installation is doing differently after the May bus hijacking.
By Davis Winkie
Top US general ‘shocked’ by report on AWOL guns, mulls fix
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff signaled Thursday that he will consider a “systematic fix” to how the armed services keep account of their firearms.
For years, the Army hid, downplayed extent of firearms loss
Army officials have hidden or downplayed the extent to which its firearms disappear, significantly understating losses and thefts.
Stolen Army assault rifles keep showing up in California
Nearly a decade after the theft, at least nine AK-74s remain missing.
By Jeannie Ohm
US military guns keep vanishing, some used in street crimes
An Associated Press investigation has found that at least 1,900 U.S. military firearms were lost or stolen during the 2010s, with some resurfacing in violent crimes.
Please leave your guns at home for boot camp graduation, Parris Island officials say
It really shouldn't be this difficult.
By Philip Athey